List of people educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College

Haileybury and Imperial Service College is an independent school near Hertford in England. Originally a boys' public school, it is now co-educational, enrolling pupils at 11+, 13+ and 16+ stages of education. Over 750 pupils attend Haileybury, of whom more than 500 board.

The following are notable alumni of Haileybury:

Arts

Michael Aitkens, scriptwriter
Alan Ayckbourn, dramatist
John Bailey, literary critic
John Blofeld, Taoist and Buddhist author
Reginald Blomfield, architect
Bruce Bairnsfather (attended United Services College), humourist
Erskine Childers, author of The Riddle of the Sands
Harold Creighton, magazine proprietor
Michael Davie, journalist and newspaper editor
Adam Elliot, stop-motion animation writer, director and producer
Edmund Fisher, architect
Philip Franks, actor and director
Charles Wellington Furse, artist
Gerald Harper, actor
John Howard Davies, TV director and producer
Dom Joly, comedian and journalist
Rudyard Kipling (attended United Services College), writer
Quentin Letts, journalist
Chris Lowe, BBC journalist and news presenter
Simon MacCorkindale, actor
Lt.-Col. John Hugh McMullin (1868-1943), British Columbia
Stephen Mangan, actor
John McCarthy, journalist
Anthony Meyer, actor
David Meyer, actor
Christopher Nolan, film director
Hoyt Richards, model and actor
Alan Ross, poet and writer
Joe Saward, sports journalist and author
Rik Simpson, record producer, sound engineer, musician, and songwriter
Alison Stephens, virtuoso classical mandolinist and recording artist
Arthur Thomas, composer
Herbert Trench, poet
Rex Whistler, artist
Peter Woodward, actor
Tim Woodward, actor
Bryan Wynter, artist

Nick isiekwe rugby player

Steve Thomas, comedian

Armed forces

Field Marshal Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby
Field Marshal Sir John Chapple
Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir William Dickson
Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir John Slessor
Admiral Sir Jonathon Band, First Sea Lord
Admiral Sir Royston Wright
Air Chief Marshal Sir Robert Brooke-Popham
Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory
Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Penrose Martyn Sanders
General Sir Thomas Astley Cubitt
General David Ramsbotham, Baron Ramsbotham GCB, CBE
General Lionel Dunsterville
General Sir Alexander Godley
General Sir Rupert Smith
General Sir Hugh Henry Gough
General Sir Reginald May
Lieutenant General Sir Richard Vickers
Major General The Reverend Morgan Llewellyn
Major General David Shaw
Major General Hurdis Ravenshaw
Major General Hubert Hamilton
Major General Sir Thompson Capper
Major General William George Walker
Major General Clifford Coffin
Brigadier George William St. George Grogan
Brigadier Francis Aylmer Maxwell
Brigadier The Honourable Alexander Gore Arkwright Hore-Ruthven
Brigadier General Sydney Frederick Williams
Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Rawlins
Group Captain Peter Townsend
Harry Carr, Special Intelligence Service 1919–45, Northern Area Controller (Baltic & USSR)^[1]
Sir Andrew Barkworth-Wright

Victoria Cross and George Cross holders

Seventeen former pupils, and one master, of Haileybury and its antecedents have received the Victoria Cross, and three former pupils the George Cross.^[2]

Victoria Cross

Pupils

Indian Rebellion of 1857
- General Sir Hugh Henry Gough, VC, GCB (attended East India College Haileybury)^[2]^[3]
- Ross Lowis Mangles, VC (attended East India College Haileybury) - A Civilian recipient.^[2]^[4]
- William Fraser McDonell, VC (attended East India College Haileybury) - A Civilian recipient.^[2]^[5]
Persian War 1857
- Lieutenant Arthur Thomas Moore VC (attended East India College Haileybury) He later achieved the rank of major general and was made a Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (CB).^[2]^[6]
Zulu War 1879
- Lieutenant Nevill Josiah Aylmer Coghill VC (attended Haileybury College, Trevelyan House from 1865 to 1869)^[2]^[7]
Sudan Campaign 1898
- Brigadier General The Honourable Alexander Gore Arkwright Hore-Ruthven, VC, GCMG, CB, DSO & Bar, PC, Croix de Guerre (France and Belgium) . Earl of Gowrie & Viscount Ruthven of Canberra. (attended United Services College 1882.2). He was a Captain when he earned his VC.^[2]
Second Boer War 1899–1902
- Colonel Edward Douglas Browne-Synge-Hutchinson, VC, CB (attended United Services College Day Boy 1875). He was a Major when he earned his VC.^[2]
- Brigadier General Francis Aylmer Maxwell, VC, CSI, DSO & Bar, (attended United Services College 1883–1890)^[2]^[8]
- Captain Conwyn Mansel-Jones, VC, CMG, DSO, (attended Haileybury College, Batten House 1885–1888)^[2]
Third Somaliland Expedition 1903
- Major General William George Walker, VC, CB (attended Haileybury College, Colvin House, 1876–1881)^[2]
First World War
- Captain Anketell Moutray Read, VC, (attended United Services College 1898–1902)^[2]
- Second Lieutenant Rupert Price Hallowes, VC, MC (attended Haileybury College, Le Bas House 1894–1897)^[2]
- Major General Clifford Coffin, VC, CB, DSO & Bar (attended Haileybury College, Lawrence House, 1884–1886)^[2]
- Captain Clement Robertson, VC (attended Haileybury College, Colvin House 1904–1906)^[2]
- Captain Cyril Hubert Frisby, VC (attended Haileybury College, Hailey House, 1899–1903)^[2]
- Brigadier General George William St. George Grogan, VC, CB, CMG, DSO & Bar (attended United Services College, 1890–1893)^[2]
Korean War 1951
- Colonel James Power Carne, VC, DSO (attended Imperial Service College, (Alexander House), 1920–1923)^[2]

Staff

First World War
- Major Richard Raymond Willis, VC (staff at Haileybury College, 1921–1921)^[2]

George Cross^[2]

First World War 1919
- Wing Commander Harry "Wings" Day (Harry Melville Arbuthnot Day), GC (formerly AM)
1934
- Captain Richard Deedes, GC (formerly EGM)
Second World War
- Wing Commander Laurence Frank Sinclair GC

Business

James Henderson; former CEO of Bell Pottinger
Sir Clive Martin
Prannoy Roy; Founder NDTV
Alan Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Drury Lane
Datuk Vinod Sekhar; Malaysian businessman and Haileybury scholarship donor^[9]

Law

Sport

Tom Askwith, Olympic Rower
John Batten, England rugby union international
Sam Billings, English cricketer
John Birkett, England rugby union international player and captain.
Ernest Cheston, England rugby union international
David Cooke, England rugby union international
Guy Evers, England rugby union international
Archibald Fargus, English cricketer, scholar and clergyman
Jamie George, England & Saracens rugby union player
Billy Geen, Welsh rugby union international
Darren Gerard, cricketer
Charles Gurdon, Cambridge varsity rower and England rugby union international
Herbert Hake OBE, English first-class cricketer
Nigel Harrison, English first-class cricketer
Victor Le Fanu, Ireland rugby union international
Maharajkumar of Vizianagram, Indian cricketer
Martin Maslin, English first-class cricketer
Osbert Mackie, England rugby union international and Anglican priest
Jack Meyer, English first-class cricketer and founder of Millfield School
Sir Stirling Moss, Formula 1 racing driver
Major-General James Spens English cricketer and British Army officer
Robert Spurway, English cricketer
Charles Wynch, English first-class cricketer
Chris Wyles, Saracens and USA rugby union international
Peter Warfield, Rosslyn Park and England rugby union international
Andrew Miller, Middlesex English county cricketer
Richard Ellis, Gloucestershire and Middlesex English county cricketer
Sir Michael Bonallack, Five Times British Amateur Golf Champion

Miscellaneous

Richard Ambler, molecular biologist
Quentin Stafford-Fraser, co-creator of the Trojan room coffee pot
William Henry Battle, surgeon
Prince Andrew Romanov
Edward Clive Bayley, archaeologist

References

↑ Jeffery, Keith (2010) Secret History of MI6, p.191, (The Penguin Press)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Haileybury College Archives - Roll of Honour
↑ Frederick Charles Danvers, (1894), Memorials of Old Haileybury College, page 455, (A. Constable and Company)
↑ Frederick Charles Danvers, (1894), Memorials of Old Haileybury College, page 453, (A. Constable and Company)
↑ Frederick Charles Danvers, (1894), Memorials of Old Haileybury College, page 607, (A. Constable and Company)
↑ Frederick Charles Danvers, (1894), Memorials of Old Haileybury College, page 448, (A. Constable and Company)
↑ Sir David Hughes Parry, (2005), The V. C. Its Heroes And Their Valor, page 251, (Kessinger Publishing)
↑ Francis Aylmer Maxwell, (1921), Frank Maxwell: A Memoir and Some Letters, page 9, (J. Murray)
↑ "Malaysian work experience offer for six pupils". Haileybury and Imperial Service College. Retrieved 15 August 2010.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[1] Jeffery, Keith (2010) Secret History of MI6, p.191, (The Penguin Press)

[HArchiveRoll-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Haileybury College Archives - Roll of Honour

[3] Frederick Charles Danvers, (1894), Memorials of Old Haileybury College, page 455, (A. Constable and Company)

[4] Frederick Charles Danvers, (1894), Memorials of Old Haileybury College, page 453, (A. Constable and Company)

[5] Frederick Charles Danvers, (1894), Memorials of Old Haileybury College, page 607, (A. Constable and Company)

[6] Frederick Charles Danvers, (1894), Memorials of Old Haileybury College, page 448, (A. Constable and Company)

[7] Sir David Hughes Parry, (2005), The V. C. Its Heroes And Their Valor, page 251, (Kessinger Publishing)

[8] Francis Aylmer Maxwell, (1921), Frank Maxwell: A Memoir and Some Letters, page 9, (J. Murray)

[9] "Malaysian work experience offer for six pupils". Haileybury and Imperial Service College. Retrieved 15 August 2010.